We are pleased to announce after reviewing over 60 applications and interviewing 25 outstanding DPSCD students, we are thrilled to congratulate the following DPSCD high school students who will be participating in our Farm to School Youth Employment Program this summer!

Students will be trained in urban agriculture, garden maintenance, and entrepreneurial farm stand management. Their training sites will be Drew Farm (located at Drew Transition Center), DPSCD’s 70+ school gardens, Mackenzie Farm, Catherine Ferguson (Chaney) farm site, and our DPSCD farm stand sites (schedule attached- including Eastern Market!). Thanks to our partnership with Drew Transition Center, these high school students will also be working collaboratively on a regular basis with our district’s exceptional students with special needs.

Please see below for our 2017 Cohort:
Zharia Akeem, Renaissance High School ’20
Victoria Downer, Ben Carson High School ’19
Makayla Harris, DCP @ Northwestern High School ’19
Amir Heath, East English Village High School/Randolph CTC ’18
Derek Hightower, Cass Tech High School ’19
Nira Johnson, Renaissance High School ’19
Gabrielle Jordan, Cass Tech High School ‘19
India London, Ben Carson High School ’19
Michael Peeples, Cass Tech High School ’20
Ricki Porter, Cass Tech High School ’20
Tia Smith, Martin Luther King Jr. High School ’18
Dakarai Washington, Renaissance High School ’19